The Straits Times, 23 January 2005

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  • 22 1 the sunday times January 23 2005 78 Pages m three parts MICA (P) 047/03/2004 iaf A Singapore Press Holdings publication OvJ Cents
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  • 514 1  - Disaster talks end with few specifics KOBE TOP OF THE NEWS (Japan) 60,000 family kits bound for Aceh assembled In Spore PAGE 10 Forelqn donations will reach victims PAGE 11 PROMISES of a tsunami early warning system was seen as the sole achievement of an international conference which ended m
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    • 207 2 j-jQPp.., LlimDer WOre nO helmet A British IT consultant who died while rock-climbing at a quarry fatetully ignored a safety measure that could have saved hls lltl' PAGE 6 l-chq firm seeks advice The company behind the i-chq dining vouchers is seeking legal advice regarding its probe by the
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    • 60 2 Young, single bankrupt The number ()f undiscWd bankrupts aged 30 or below almost doubled since 2001. The credit card is mainly to blame. PAPM6 rAV>L l Sentosa condos a big hit B f ulnvestments^ has so far so d I*o of the 200 leasehold units, with clo f to
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    • 59 2 Dr/\4-r»/»4- liln iJLia^ iMn rlOieCl OUI DlOaiVeiSliy c. Singapore falls below the international standard of setting aside at least 10 per cent of land for nature conservation. PAGE 21 Dhaka's campus pioneer Dr Kamal Ahmad, who organised classes for slum kids when he was just 13, is starting a
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    • 67 2 Price of fame After his Tiger Cup heroics, goalkeeper Lionel Lewis, a simple man who dlshkes publicity, is perpetually surrounded by tans. PAGE 24 The Russian Spice Girls The conflict among four talented tennis players who happen to be on the same team offers interesting parallels to the British
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    • 33 2 0 Th but cheap TV sets Although the bulky picture-tube TV set is dated technology, versions two-thirds as deep may outsell the more sexy LCD and plasma models. PAGE 35 rwuc jj
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    • 31 2 Th 6 St OPBQ6 SpdC6 PdC6 Internet users now have more storage space than needed ever since Gmail surprised competitors by ofTering an entire free gigabyte. PApr QA PAGE 36
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    • 33 2 Bonding rituals Pn J nks s"ch ra snapping among girls or the painfiil keropok back slap among boys can get out of hand and cause injury or trauma. date 17 PAGE 37
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    • 30 2 Gettin?the Lions to roar Thanks to Radojko Avramovic, a team that was the butt of jokes captured the Tiger Cup. But the coach isn't basking m the afterglow. PAGEJIB
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      • 86 2 Jazzing up Singapore Well-known names like Jacintha Abisheganaden and newer faces like Aubrey Ng are making jazz fans here sit up and listen. PAGES L 6-7 Kooky kinky Kinsey He shattered the ignorance and prudery of the ***** but was also no stranger to the porn industry and paedophilia.
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      • 21 2 Lion keeper Singapore footballers stay m good shape, thanks to the Football Association's full-time physiotherapist Yeo Hwee Koon. PAGE UP
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      • 25 2 His other love Once every four years, Pan Pacific hotelier Ichigo Umehara leaves his wife hehind to chase the Rughy World Cup. PAGE Lll
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      • 23 2 Roti food fad Following the success of Roti boy, more and more bakeries are producing their own coffee-flavoured buns. PAGE L 25
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    • 830 3  - Eh, you deaf for what? Sarah Ng Younger people are having hearing problems and it could be due to loud music from MP3 players or the clubs they frequent 'Young people are very resistant to the idea of wearing hearing aids because they associate them with old people. They would
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    • 929 4  -  Tan Kim Han Alvin Foo it's a day of cheers and wide grins amid a sea of red to celebrate national team's Tiger Cup win sdfsdsdf& STUDENT Azizul Hakeem is m soccer heaven. The 11-year-old from Jing Shan Primary possesses a special ball signed
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    • 224 4  -  Ng Mei Yan SOME 30 Japanese elementary school students and some of their parents fell ill with food poisoning yesterday, apparently after eating boxed lunches at a softball match organised by the Baseball Club Singapore. They were all sent to
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    • 597 6  - Helmet could nave saved expat rock-climber Tracy Quek Briton r who was lead climbing, was trying to secure rope when he fell A BRITISH IT consultant who died while rock-climbing at a quarry last Saturday was not wearing a helmet a precaution which might have saved his life. Five others
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      • 54 6 A 45-YEAR-OLD man was charged yesterday with housebreaking and stealing 6,500 worth of equipment from a Chinatown shop last Friday. Yap Mcc Kwong, unemployed, allegedly stole a notebook, a digital video camera and a digital camera from Kismet Films m Temple Street. He was remanded for
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      • 66 6 AN ODD-JOB labourer allegedly threatened to burn down a shop and punched the cashier on her left cheek. Zen Wang Hut Miang, 36, is said to have threatened and caused hurt to Ms Chua Ling Pei, 37, at the MCP Supermarket at Block 631 Bedok
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      • 44 6 AN ADMINISTRATION manager died last Friday almost two weeks after his motorcycle skidded while riding along the Pan-Island Expressway. The 50-year-old was travelling towards Tuas when it happened. He was taken to National University Hospital with neck injuries and abrasions.
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      • 42 6 A 14-YEAR-OLD boy lost two mobile phones and an MP3 player worth a total $900 to a man who snatched his pouch while he was walking along Boon Lay Avenue last Friday. The suspect fled m a taxi.
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    • 437 6 THE arrival of the 4,596 sheep from Australia for the yearly Korban ritual has been delayed by another day. The animals, due here yesterday after an initial delay earlier m the week, will now arrive m Jurong Port only at 2.30pm today. But the
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    • 205 6 Film-maker who lost leg flown back to S 'pore SINGAPORE film-maker Bertrand Lee, who lost a leg while filming m India, was flown back to Singapore yesterday and is m a stable condition at Singapore General Hospital. He was taken by ambulance on Friday night to Mumbai airport, to board
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    • 134 6 Lim Hng Kiang off to Brussels, Davos MINISTER for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang leaves today on an eight-day trip to Brussels m Belgium and Davos m Switzerland. In Brussels, Mr Lim will meet European Union Commissioner for Trade Peter Mandelson and Belgian businessmen. In Davos, he will attend
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    • 757 8  -  Sarah Ng Netizens critical but many interviewed sympathise. Give her a chance, says fellow MP WITH Miss Eunice Olsen, it is hard to get away from feeling that Singapore's youngest Member of the House is a lightning rod for controversy. Tongues began wagging the moment she was
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    • 380 8 THE Singapore Anti-Tuberculo-sis Association (Sata), well-known for its X-ray and health screening services, is now adding traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to its list of services. The first S.ata TCM Clinic, located at Jurong East Street 13, opened officially yesterday. By the end of the
      SHAHRIYA YAHAYA  -  380 words
    • 456 8  -  Elena Chong A FORMER dealer's representative from Ong Co has been ordered to pay $6.3 million with interest and costs to the stockbroking company which sued him successfully on a customer's margin account. Justice M.P.H. Rubin recently ruled m the
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    • 184 8 Man held for having contraband cigarettes A 50-YEAR-OLD man believed to be working for a cigarette-smuggling syndicate has been arrested for having about $403,750 worth of contraband cigarettes. Acting on information. Customs officers went to Kunos Road 4 yesterday and found a man loading boxes from a container into a
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    • 620 9  - I-chq firm seeking advice on probe Chua Kong Ho Restaurants shocked by CAD inquiry but hope Indigoz, which has resumed operations, survives THE company behind the i-chq dining vouchers is seeking legal advice regarding investigations by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD). Mr Patrick Teng, chief executive and founder of Indigoz
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    • 529 10  -  Sharlene Tan Workers at Red Cross logistics centre here moving the 18kg kits to tsunami-hit victims EACH kit, measuring just 60cm by 40cm, contains common household items such as bedsheets, cutlery and soap. But the 18kg kit could go a long way towards
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    • 200 10 ABOUT 200 devotees gathered at the Sri Lankan Mangala Vihara Buddhist Temple m Jalan Eunos Road yesterday to remember those who had died m the Dec 26 tsunami disaster. A steady stream of people offered flowers and candles at the bodhi tree on the temple
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    • 435 10  -  Sharlene Tan SINGAPORE'S efficient relief efforts m Sumatra more than impressed veteran French bureaucrat JeanFrancois Deniau, who toured the tsunami-affected region recently with the French Navy. Mr Deniau, who arrived m Singapore yesterday morning, spoke to The Sunday Times before flying off today for
      LAU FOOK KONG  -  435 words
    • 613 11  - Foreign donations will reach victims BANDA ACEH INDONESIA'S PROMISE Jakarta pledges public audit of donations to ease fears the money may be lost to graft INDONESIA yesterday promised to make sure the flood of foreign cash for tsunami victims reaches those it is meant for, despite the nations reputation for
      AFP; AP  -  613 words
    • 520 11  -  Nirmal Ghosh THAILAND CORRESPONDENT PHUKET PLANS to rebuild the Andaman seaboard, including Phuket's Patong beach, m the wake of the tsunami into a lush, landscaped resort destination have come under fire from residents. They fear they will lose their livelihoods if tourism planners have their way. A plan
      Reuter  -  520 words
    • 158 11 PHUKETS post-tsunami tourism crisis is deepening by the day. Businesses may die if government aid does not speed up and tourists do not return, quickly, officials warned yesterday. Phuket Governor Udomsak Asavarangura said occupancy rates on the island which as the jewel m Thailand's tourism
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    • 71 11 BANDAACEH-The United States Navy is preparing to scale down its tsunami relief operations m Aceh, a senior officer said yesterday. Captain Larry Burt said command and control facilities were back on the USS Abraham I jncoln, and m preparation to leave, the
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    • 47 11 Donations from China now total $200 m BEIJING Donations from the Chinese government and its public for tsunami victims have reached one billion yuan (Ss2oo million), state media reported yesterday. State-run CCTV-9 quoted Vice- Foreign Minister Wu Dawei as sa\ing half the aid had been delivered. AFP
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    • 60 11 PORT BLAIR Waving a flag made of his clothes, a tsunami victim dressed only m his underwear was rescued after surviving alone for 25 days on a flattened island, the authorities said yesterday. Officials said Mr Michael Mangal had been taken off Pillow
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    • 719 12  - MALAYSIA'S HALAL 'COPS' Leslie Lau Umno-linked Muslim groups are recruiting volunteers to be their eyes and ears to nab offenders MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR MEET Malaysia's halal squad: The Muslim Consumers Association is organising ranks of volunteers nationwide to ensure food and products sold to Muslims do not violate the
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    • 548 12  - No traffic lights no road signs no accidents DRACHTEN (The Netherlands) "I WANT to take you on a walk," Mr Hans Monderman said, stopping his car and striding hatless into the freezing rain. Like a naturalist conducting a tour of the jungle, he led the way to a busy intersection
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      • 46 12 TAIPEI In attempts to soft-pedal President Chen Shui-bian's earlier comments, both the Presidential Office and the Mainland Affairs Council said Taiwan has no immediate plans to counteract Beijing's anti-secession Bill with an "anti-annexation" law, according to the Taipei Times yesterday.
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      • 68 12 KUALA LUMPUR A burst tyre on a monorail train led the driver to apply emergency brakes, hurling passengers out of their seats and injuring two of them. The train earning 30 passengers was pulling out of the Chow Kit station at 8.50pm on Friday when
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      • 67 12 BOSTON Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said he was growing less concerned about a reported "dirt}' bomb" threat to Boston that was never confirmed but spurred an FBI manhunt for 14 people. A federal law officer said the tipster who told officials about a
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      • 60 12 BEIJING China will lift a 50-year ban on university students getting married or having children, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. For decades, students contemplating marriage or who become pregnant faced a dilemma over whether to give up studying or delay their
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      • 53 12 MANILA Philippine Finance Secretary Juanita Amatong has asked to step down, citing the pressures of her job, but President Gloria Arroyo has not yet said she would accept her resignation. "I have hinted (to Mrs Arroyo) that I am leaving... l don't like this high-pressure job,"
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    • 636 13 BUSH: U.S. OFFICIALS: Administration scrambles to calm fears over President's inauguration speech WASHINGTON BUSH administration officials have scrambled to explain that the President's newly declared goal of ending tyranny around the world does not indicate a significant shift
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    • 344 13 WASHINGTON PRESIDENT George W. Bush sprinted through a round of inaugural balls like the way he went on the campaign trail last year, touching down briefly, firing up adoring crowds, flashing a thumbs-up and moving on. His dash through the celebrations suggested he
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    • Article, Illustration
      439 14 over rapid spread of bird flu Vietnam announces five deaths m the past four days as the flu spreads to northern provinces HANOI BIRD flu has claimed two more victims m Vietnam, bringing a total of nine deaths from the disease since Dec 30. But what is alarming the
      Reuter; AFP  -  439 words
    • 356 14  -  Tschanq Chi-Chu CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING EIGHT Chinese hostages were released unharmed yesterday after their Iraqi captors reportedly secured China's pledge not to allow any more Chinese citizens to travel to Iraq. Dubai-based Al-Arabiya satellite channel at noon yesterday aired footage produced by
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    • 258 14 TOKYO JAPAN plans to issue visas for all Chinese tourists from March to boost the number of visitors and mend ties with Beijing, a Japanese report said yesterday. Tokyo plans to allow residents from anywhere m China, rather than the current designated
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    • 346 14 HONGKONG MACAU police fired three shots to foil a robbery attempt outside the entrance of the New Century Hotel and Greek Mythology Casino m what was the most violent incident m the territory since the handover six years ago. The
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    • 813 15  - Zhao played golf the way he lived life Lee Seok Hwai His hard-driving shots showed his boldness m the face of adversity IF THE late Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang had a nickname, it would likely have been "Mr Congeniality". So affable was Mr Zhao that his popularity with party
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    • 249 15  -  Lee Tee Jong SOUTH KOREA CORRESPONDENT SEOUL NORTH Korea has declared for the first time that it has nuclear weapons but observers did not see any change m the status quo following Pyongyang's move. Unlike m the past when words like nuclear deterrence or capabilities
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    • 625 15 Guangzhou Jakarta Hanoi Kunming Hong Kong New Delhi Shanghai Santiago Manila Rio de Janeiro Rome Adelaide Los Angeles Sydney Wellington Christchurch Singapore Today, occasionally I Btsiatss windy with passing •••■■■s JVM| omm ttstrkt ««P showers m the afternoon. Showers Showers Showers Showers Showers Outlook: A few afternoon s v y.
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      1142 16  - Young Bankrupt Leong Chan Teik Old enough to drive, not savvy enough to stop splurging, they're a card away from financial ruin 'Very often, there is a disconnect between what they think they deserve and the income necessary to sustain this lifestyle. The gap is met using easy credit/ MR
      LUDWIG ILIO  -  1,142 words
    • 441 16 ANYONE especially a young adult can rebuild his life ana finances after bankruptcy, but he must first go through testing times. Job loss is sometimes the first and most painful challenge. Lawyer Vijai Parwani recalls: "A former policeman client told
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    • 291 16  -  Arthur Levitt CEOs don't own the companies they run, shareholders do Former chairman United States Securities and Exchange Commission EVER since I owned my first Macintosh m 1984, I have been addicted to Apple computers. I now have six Macintoshes and an iPod digital music player. You
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    • 331 16 US stocks dip, erasing Dow's 2004 gain NEW YORK STOCKS m the United States fell, wiping out the last of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 20(K gain. Higher oil prices and a drop m consumer confidence overshadowed better-than-expected earnings from General Electric and United Technologies Corp. Benchmark indexes recorded
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    • 1088 17  -  Leong Chan Teik ME MY MONEY CNA Group's Michael Ong seldom buys shares and used to live m 2-bedroom flat with 16 others MORE than most people, Mr Michael Ong knows what it is like to live m a cramped home.
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    • 635 18  -  Crystal Chan PROPERTY Sentosa's condo with a sea view doesn't come cheap, but its price doesn't deter buyers WHEN Mr Noel Hawkes moves into his apartment on Sentosa some time next year, hell have an unblocked view of the sea from his windows. The
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    • 495 18 MY SPACE Teacher Sherleen Chong, 28, and her husband wanted a unique look for the common bathroom m their 1,184 sq ft five-room HDB premium flat m Bukit Panjang. She tells Crystal Chan how she turned the bathroom into a cement box "WE LIKE the raw
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    • 900 19 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER Q UNDER a contract with a private school, I was to be paid $2,500 m honorarium, $500 for course design fee and $15 per exam script marked. I have since developed the course materials, taught all
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    • 231 19 Learn how maxims work and get results MUST READ BUY THE RUMOR, SELL THE FACT By Michael Maiello 211 pages Available at NLB Libraries Ref no: 332.6322 MAI -[BIZ] FROM time to time, you hear investment maxims such as "buy the rumour, sell the fact". How useful are they? Author
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    • 27 16 Excerpted from Take On The Street. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett once said: "During my lifetime, the small investor hds never had a better friend than Arthur Levitt."
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    • 2242 20 N ow, who is watching the drug watchdog? Every new drug must be better and safe too or else regulators wouldn't approve it, you think? But what if the watchdogs are unduly influenced by the big drug firms? That may have, m fact, already happened, says Andy Ho IF YOUR
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    • Fast-track approval, slow-motion recall: Three examples
      • 208 20 Patients who suffer from the syndrome only experience tummy aches and frequent diarrhoea. Still, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed to fast-track Lotronex m July 1999, despite studies suggesting that the drug may reduce blood flow to the colon, causing ischaemic colitis,
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      • 252 20 After a review of just six months, the FDA approved Rezulin m August 1997- Pushed as a wonder drug that liberated many diabetics from insulin injections, it went on to cause 89 reported cases of liver failure, with 63 deaths, including three who had
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      • 244 20 This drug was approved m July 1993 by FDA gastroenterologists who had no time to consult in-house cardiologists, thus missing a telltale heart rhythm sign called a "prolonged QT interval", which signals that irregular heartbeats may be triggered, resulting m sudden death.
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    • 330 21 the sunday times Give parents a break iT IS treasured lore that Asian parents will work the skin off their hands to put their children through university, if means of support are closed to them. In solidly middle-class Singapore the odd family still makes the sacrifice. But m the main,
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    • 206 21 "It is not a question of me turning them down but my duties do not allow me to do it. Duty is duty. I can't expect special treatment" TAUFIK BATISAH, the first Singapore Idol winner, on reports that MediaCorp Radio's Malay-language stations are boycotting his
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    • 1018 21  - Life's good when you re at peace with yourself Catherine Lim Suat Hong FOR THE STRAITS TIMES I AM sitting on my balcony after mopping my floor, shooting the breeze as they say m America, eating air m local parlance. My balcony over looks a badminton/volley ball/sepak tekraw court and
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    • 691 21  -  Lee Poh Onn THE recent decision to set up a second botanic garden at Marina Bay is another step promoting the importance of nature conservation here. Sited right m the centre of the new downtown area, it will enhance the landscape of the otherwise
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    • 1072 22  - The man behind a university for Asian women Mafoot Simon WHEN he was only 13, Dr Kamal Ahmad set up a classroom m a vacant garage m his home town of Dhaka m Bangladesh to help poor kids m the neighbourhood learn the three Rs, a modest start to what
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    • 1834 23  - Stability over y Growth John Wong CHINA'S ECONOMY IN 2004 FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES BASED on the unofficial growth rate of 9.5 per cent for the first three quarters and some key macroeconomic indicators such as investment, consumption and exports for the first 11 months, it is safe to estimate
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    • 15 21 Catherine Lim Suat Hong is a freelance writer. This column was written on Jan 12.
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      • 89 24 ARSENAL will tell the likes of Thierry Henry and company to stop swopping jerseys after games. The first XI have already gone through 200 shirts this season and are running out. Kit man Vik Akers told The Sun: "We are three quarters of the way through our
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      • 53 24 CHELSEA, on the other hand, will show off Roman Abramovich's excesses by installing sun beds at their new training ground. An insider told The Sun: "The complex will have better facilities than most five-star hotels. The players were asked if they wanted anything else, and a few asked
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      • 65 24 FORMER Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson, who lost his soccer pundit job last April after calling Chelsea's Marcel Desailly a *****, has made another racist remark. On Thursday, he was at it again, said The Mirror. Hejoked:"lcan't understand why there is such a population problem m China
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      141 24 LIONEL Lewis joins a list of Eurasians who became Singapore's No 1 goalkeeper. Remember Wilfred Skinner? He started the trend m the 1960s when he dominated the scene with his commanding display m the box. The multi-talented Skinner, who was also a senior police officer, played striker for
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    • 724 24  - Hello tame, bye bye privacy Tan Kim Han After his Tiger Cup heroics, goalkeeper Lewis is perpetually surrounded by fans NOT too long ago, he could move about freely without being stopped for autographs. Not anymore. Not after bagging the Most Valuable Player award m the recent Tiger Cup football
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    • 856 25 Chelsea laughing their way to the title Saturday stroll for Jose Mourinho's men, as Portsmouth offer little resistance at the Bridge LONDON CHELSEA yesterday underlined how difficult it will be for anyone to catch them m the Premiership with another emphatic victory yesterday their seventh m succession to tie the
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    • 181 25 HARRY Redknapp got his first win as Southampton manager thanks to a horrific show from Liverpool yesterday. Two goals up m 22 minutes, the relegation stragglers recorded a 2-0 win, their third Premiership victory of the season thanks to goals by David Prutton and Peter Crouch. "We showed
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    • 1008 25  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL THE good, the bad, and the plain ugly confront English football. Very good indeed, to the point of irresistibility, has become the bewitching form of Shaun Wright-Phillips. Pretty bad, until his most recent performance a week ago, has
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    • 862 26 Welcome to the world of the Russian Spice Girls MELBOURNE THE Russians are at war with each other. Tsarinas Maria Sharapova, Anastasia Myskina and Svetlana Kuznetsova have coloured the tennis landscape red with their Grand Slam wins, with just the ongoing Australian Open left to complete the
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    • 378 26 AUSTRALIAN OPEN MELBOURNE ARGENTINA'S Juan Ignacio Chela has apologised to Lleyton Hewitt for spitting during their third-round match at the Australian Open yesterday. Hewitt won the match 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 but the result was overshadowed by the on-court drama as tensions
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      • 55 26 SINGAPORE table tennis player Li Jiawei beat Nicole Struse 4-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Croatian Open yesterday. Zhang Xueling and Tan Paey Fern lost m the earlier second round. In the quarter-finals of the women's doubles, Li and Xv Van lost 3-4 to Hong Kong's
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      • 38 26 ST Andrew's Junior College Team B beat ITE East 7-5 to win the Rugby Students Invitational 10-a-side Cup at Changi Naval Base Sports Complex yesterday. The six-a-side touch rugby Cup went to Hwa Chong Institute
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      • 37 26 SAN Antonio beat Phoenix 128-12.3 m overtime on Friday. The Suns have lost six straight games and have now yielded the best record m the National Basketball Association to the Spurs (33-9). AFP
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      242 27  -  ZHANG DAN CLOSE UP Age: 19. Height: 1.62 m. Born: Oct 4, 1985. Birthplace: Beijing. Sport: Figure Skating. Career highlights: 2004: Grand Prix of Skating, gold medallist. 2003: World Junior Championships, gold medallist. 2002: Junior Grand Prix Final, gold medallist. 2001: World Junior Championships, gold medallist. Junior Grand
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    • 968 27  -  SAN DIEGO GOLF He regains swing after practising during fog delay to finish with two birdies for 36-hole lead (California) SOUPY fog made it impossible to see the ball. And the way Tom Lehman is playing at the Buick Invitational, it might be hard
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    • 310 27  -  Chan Yi Shen Why she was great ARGUABLY Singapore's greatest female hockey player, Melanie Martens was also among the best m Asia. In 1994, she was named m the Asian All-Star team following her stellar performances at the Asian Games. And she ranks her goal against
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      • 767 28  -  Peh Shing Huei Monty is looking to jump-start his career after his divorce and free fall to a lowly No 80 Caltex Singapore Masters When: Thursday to Sunday Prize money: US$l million (551.63 million) Where: Laguna National Golf and Country Club Tickets: $15
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      • 402 28 AFTER four years of the Caltex Singapore Masters, the score is 2-2 between Asians and the rest of the world. India's Arjun Atwal and China's Zhang Lianwei did Asia proud m 2002 and 2003, while marquee names Vijay Singh of Fiji
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      • 461 28 EUROPE Colin Montgomerie Event's marquee player and defending champion. Seven-time European Tour Order of Merit winner and still the favourite this week despite going though a slump m form. Lee Westwood Ended Montgomerie's seven-year run by topping the money list m 2000. The Englishman won six
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      • 887 31  - 'GOLFERS ARE THIRSTY PEOPLE' Tay Cheng Khoon Tay Cheng Khoon With sales up, Danish beer Carlsberg shows how a sponsor can reap rewards from investing m sports DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR IT IS the most prestigious tournament on the local golf calendar, but not many know its full title. Some call
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    • 441 32  - Three cheers for pretty cheerleaders with brains Wong Sher Maine The Avanti Dancers include a teacher, a medical student and a first-class honours degree holder BOUNCING bimbos with pert bosoms and bottoms. That just about sums up what cheerleaders are all about, right? Wrong. The eight perky cheerleaders visiting from
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    • 148 32 Text and pictures by Abdul Aziz Agil, 36, senior system analyst Height: 1.7 m Weight: 68kg Exercise regime: I go to the gym three to four times a week. I do yoga and dragon boating as well. Diet: When
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      515 33 docsport Q I AM currently taking Hydroxycut, a type ofweight-loss pill. I was advised by the salesgirl to consume the pills before meals and workouts. However, I find that the pills make my heart beat unnaturally fast during exercise. Should I stop taking the pills? A Yes. You are experiencing
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  • Obituaries
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      160 33 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell m the house of the Lord forever". Psalm 23:6 MDM LOH NG MUI Age: 93 was called home to be with the Lord on 22 January 2005 leaving behind loved ones. Daughter: Son-in-law:
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      111 33 TOH GIM NEO Age: 82 passed away peacefully on 22 January 2005 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Tan Chew Hock, deceased) Son: Daughter- in law: Tan Teck Boh, Philip Wong Choy Foong, Nanq Daughter Son-in-law: Tan Bee Geok Chng Chwee Leng Grandsons: Granddaughter-in-law: Alwin Tan Jian An Daniel Chng Han
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      136 33 CHUA KIM CHWEE Age: 59 passed away peacefully on 22.01.05. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Father: Chua Keow Song, deceased) Mother: Nge Gee Near Wife: Chan Ai Ying Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chua Kay Quee Desmond Lee Bee Keow Chua Kay Wee Tai I.ijiuen Chua Kay Hwa Daughter: Cai
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      205 33 "Many women do noble things hut you surpass them all" Proverbs 31.29 TANYEWGEOK passed away peacefully on 22nd January 2005. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Ek Sun Liong Su Chan Lim Aik Huat Chan Chai Hoon Lim Ek Hong Joyce Yong IDr Jimmy Lim Aik Foo Sheila Maclnerney Daughters: Son-in-law: Josephine Lim
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      421 33 3rd Anniversary In Loving Memory of MICHAEL WEE KIN BENG Departed 23 lan 2002 Dearly missed by Beloved Wife Peggy, children, grandchildren and loved ones. In Loving Memory Of. YAPKOKffIONG Departed 23 Jan 1983 Always remembered by Parents, Brother Sister ATHMASHANTI POOJA The Family of the Late V.MANICKAM Departed 09-01-05
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    • 17 33 Queries this week are answered by Dr Cormac 0' Muircheartaigh, sports physician of the Singapore Sports Council.
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      175 34 WANG CHEUNG WAH passed away peacefully on 21 Jan 2005, leaving behind loved ones. Beloved Wife: Teh Gaik Kwee Son: Nephews: Spouses: Wang Sze-Shyang Wang Sze Me May Leong Hui Chiung Wang Sze Le Daughter: Wang Sze Peng Wang Wu-Eng Leon 9 Yean Shen Mok Juang-Wei B Mok Juang-Yew ?J
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      164 34 "There are many rooms m my Father's house and I am going to prepare a place for you. will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am. John 14:2 -3 ELSIE OON MING TAX NEE KWAN Age: 96 Was called home to be
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      41 34 TOGETHER ALWAYS 1 LESLIE MALCOLM GERTRUDE JANE J I WINDSOR WINDSOR [F Departed: 24 Jan 2002 Departed: 23 Jan 2002 While you, dear parents, rest sleep, your loving memories we'll always keep. L lovingly remembered by g f Maureen, Wendy Gloria
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      66 34 1 116 lam Ily 01 1 n c late WILLIAM KHAW HONG LI M Departed 18 January 2005 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. "To the world you
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      26 34 6th Anniversary IN LOVING MEMORY OF SHEILA KANAPATHY Departed 23 Jan 1999 Sincere friend, wonderful wife and beloved mother Dearly missed by husband Ken loved ones.
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      94 34 ANDREW TEO KOK SENG AGE: 31 passed away yeacefutty on 22 January 200s. (caving behind (oved ones. Wife: Lyn Ang Mother: Parents-in-law: Ong Eng Lee Ang Eng Teck Irene Koh Leng Neo Brother-in-law: Ang Meng Meng Sister: Brother-in-law: Teo Lucy Loo Ah Ngoo Brother: Nieces: Eric Teo Kok Wah Sharon
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      51 34 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE WONG TAI TENG Departed on 17 January 2005 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, business associates, I)r Lien team of Changi General Hospital, Macpherson BBTC other churches for their prayers kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths donations during their recent
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      111 34 SZE CHUI YING Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 22 January 2005, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Ow Peck Kan, deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Ow Hook Sheng Allen Chow ('hoy Ha Genevieve Daughters: Sons-in-law: Ow Poh Kuen Helen l.cc Kah Phang lames Ow Poh Choo Ow Poh Keng l.ucy Ow Poh
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      82 34 R. Sachitlanan dan (Rea. Sa.Anandan R.S. Anandan) Age: 70 passed away on the 9th Jan 2005 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Karu mat hi prayers will be held on 23rd Jan 2005 (Sun) night at Blk 214 Loyang Aye #01-04 Loyang Valley Singapore *****5 Athma Shanti Poo
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  • gizmos
    • 689 35 Pictures-tube TVs still going strong They're way cheaper than LCD and plasma TVs and the new models are slimmer than ever STANDARD picture-tube TVs, the kind that the vast majority of consumers still buy, have long been seen as yesterday's technology at the Consumer Electronics Show. They have been relegated
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    • 360 35  -  Rory Daniel Force Dynamics 301 GAMERS alert. Want to add a little more spice to your need-for-speed experience? Imagine being kicked back into your racing seat as you accelerate off the starting grid, or being pitched aside as you manoeuvre through S-bends.
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      • 82 36 FIREFOX, the free website browser, is making headway m the Internet browser market, challenging the dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Websidestory, an Internet research firm, reports that Mozilla's Firefox has cornered 4.95 per cent of the browser market, nearly double its share three months earlier. The report found
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      • 81 36 THE authorities m China are clamping down on gambling websites on growing concern that government officials are betting away public money. Xinhua news agency has reported that government officials and executives at state-owned companies are targeted and "serious punishment" will be handed out to companies and
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      • 63 36 MOVIE buffs who are unable to make it to the tiny town of Park City, Utah, for the famous Sundance Film Festival can now check out some of the festival's best short films online. Beginning this week, the Sundance Online Film Festival will be showing 33 free short
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      • 67 36 MICROSOFT has launched a subscription version of its Outlook e-mail program, the first of its kind for an Office suite component. ForaUSss9(Ss97) yearly subscription, the Microsoft Office Outlook Live service provides 2GB of e-mail storage and the ability to send up to 20MB attachments. The service is aimed
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    • 943 36  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Salleh FOR years, they steamed m silence. Now, they are spoilt for choice. Internet users, who for years have grumbled about miserly storage space for their free webmail service, now have more gigabytes than they need. When free webmail was first introduced,
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    • 338 36  -  Rory Daniel GAMERZ EDGE A NEW survey has smashed the common perception that video gamers are a bunch of lazy nerds sitting m darkened rooms for hours on end. The Entertainment Software Association studied a group of American gamers and found that the average
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  • 1367 37  - Bonding rituals THRILL or TORTURE? Renee Tan Ng Mei yan It's just harmless fun, say some students, but school pranks can get out of hand and cause injury or trauma and THE girl walking along the school corridor suddenly feels a hand on her back. Before she realises what is
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  • 385 37 JttHfltSli^ Life can get overwhelming sometimes. But you don't have to suffer m silence. Write to Teen Confidential, and we will get trained counsellors to help you through your problem. Email ycur letters to stgeny@sph.com.sg Q I got to like a girl who was
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    32 37 Ms Carol Balhetchet from the Singapore Children's Society has been counselling families and their children since 1992. She is the director of the society's Youth Development Centre m Toa Payoh.
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    229 37 My Read The Golem's Eye (Bartimaeus Trilogy, Part 2) by Jonathan Stroud Doubleday Books This book revolves around a 5,000-year-old djinn or spirit named Bartimaeus, his master Nathaniel and their adventures around the world. The second book m the Bartimaeus trilogy is a gripping novel with a blend
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    • 896 38  - Who says I'm Fandi's seat warmer? Wong Kim Hoh RADOJKO Avramovic is a serious man. It's reflected m the stern and straight answers he gives to the irreverent questions of this interview. Perhaps you need to be to whip a bunch of limping lions into roaring ones. Under the Serbo-Montene-grin's
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    • 120 38 A weekly roundup of the most interesting Web discussions by Singaporeans. Mad over Net deal AMITABHA is mighty miffed with Sing Net. He claims to have been a loyal user of the telco's 512K broadband Internet service, paying $60 a month. But when his contract expired, he received no
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    • 90 38 THE Void Deck website, which carries links to various other sites discussing Singapore issues, has been hit by a hacker. A notice now pasted on the homepage reads: "Not only was our main page infected with a Bloodhound. Exploit.lB virus, practically ALL our files on the Web
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      • 216 38 Hostile cabby allowed to work I WOULD like to highlight a danger m the system I noticed after an unfortunate encounter on the evening of Jan 14. I was on my way home with three friends on an SMRT taxi, when the cabby suddenly became unstable and turned "hostile", accusing
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      • 248 38 I BELONG to a group of amateur watercolourists who enjoy outdoor painting m various parts of Singapore. Clarke Quay has been a popular venue, especially near the Merchant Court Hotel, where a bumboat boarding station stands. The view of riverside shophouses, restaurants and tree-lined walkways with cruising
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      • 380 38 A RECOMMENDATION of the new American dietary guidelines ("Food pyramid ups greens"; The Sunday Times, Jan 16) is for people to avoid foods containing trans fats. Trans fats are well known to be the worst type of fats. They are more damaging than saturated fats
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      • 178 38 THERE is a dangerous situation at the Bukit Timah Road/Dunearn Road U-turn where north-bound traffic along Bukit Timah Road is permitted not only to turn right to make a U-turn, but also to cross Dunearn Road to Swiss Club Road. At the same time, south-bound vehicles
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        572 2  - Fish fraud Magdalen Ng E-mail claims odd creatures washed up m Phuket after tsunami ONE has huge black eyes and a gaping mouth with deadly serrated teeth. Another is a crimson-red crustacean with spidery limbs and potent claws. These and other alienlooking creatures were washed up on the shores of
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      • 826 3  -  Wong Kim Hoh The son of former Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin has built a mini yoga empire 'Being a lawyer was great training for the mind, but it was not something I wanted to do for the rest of my life/ Patrick Wee A LOCAL
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      • 1490 4  -  Hong Xinyi Scientist Alfred Charles Kinsey's ground-breaking findings on sex started with his study on the gall wasp HIS name doesn't roll off most people's tongues like Darwin and Einstein, the rock stars of science. But Alfred Charles Kinsey's once-shocking revelations have become ingrained m the mainstream
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      • 126 4 June 23, 1894: Born m Hoboken, New Jersey, to a lower middle-class Methodist family 1914: Studies psychology, zoology and botany at Bowdoin College m Brunswick, Maine 1916: Researches the taxonomy of the gall wasp at Harvard University's Bussey Institute 1920: Becomes assistant professor of zoology
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      • 526 5  -  Sujin Thomas What are you paying for when you fork out $4 or more for a cup of coffee at a gourmet joint? IT'S a price storm m a coffee cup at least to some drinkers. Why does a cuppa served m a fancy joint
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        536 6  - JAZZ RIGHT Kristina Tom Clara Chow They've got rhythm, they've got music. Who could ask for anything more? Meet Singapore's six and one budding -jazz singers and I TAINT over till the fab lady sings. In Singapore's case, it is just the beginning, as its jazz singers from wellknown names
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      • 412 6 My way of life' PHOTOS: MARINA XAVIER, m her 40s (left) Years m jazz: More than 20 years. Her cachet: She is blessed with a naturally deep and husky voice. And no, it's not a result of smoking, which she says is "an occupational hazard" anyhow. Check out her versions
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      • 317 6 JACINTHA ABISHEG AN ADEN, 47 (left) Years m jazz: 21 Her cachet: According to Japanese world music singer Sandii Suzuki, Abisheganaden's low, sultry voice is "nourishing like food". Songs to sink your teeth into, then, include her takes on God Bless The Child
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      • 268 6 JULIA ROMAN ABUEVA, nine (inset) Years m jazz: Two. The Ma-nila-born Filipina and her family moved here m 2001 and are hoping to be permanent residents soon. Julia began singing m public at five, but had her first paid singing gig m 2003. Her cachet:
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      • 524 7 CLARESSA MONTEIRO, 35 Years m jazz: 16 Her cachet: Melodies to make love to or, as someone once said to her, "good shagging music". Some particularly shagalicious examples of her prowess include On On, her duet with American singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop, and Love Comes. Listens
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      • 153 7 Jazz helping out TO HOMEGROWN jazz diva Claressa Monteiro, jazz is "always a celebration". But next Sunday, she will be hitting more sombre notes. She and fellow singer Jacintha Abisheganaden are putting together Jazz Aid, a charity concert at the Singapore Polo Club here to help victims of the Boxing
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      • 295 7 RANISINGAM,33 Years m jazz: Two years or so. Her debut album, titled With A Song In My Heart, was released last month. Her cachet: Silky-smooth interpretations of classics like Moon River and Blue Skies. Listens to: Sarah Vaughn and Carmen Bradford. Big break: In
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      • 317 7 AUBREY NG, 27 Years m jazz: Five. Her debut album, Spring, was released m May 2003. Her cachet: Breezy renditions of jazz standards such as Black Coffee and Skylark. Listens to: Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Dianne Reeves. Big break: Being discovered while singing at jazz pub
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      • 307 7 ANNE WEERAPASS, 38 Years m jazz: Five, if you don't count some 20 years of singing m rock and pop bands. Her cachet: A warm, husky timbre. Listens to: Etta James and Dinah Washington. Big break: In the 1980s, when she fronted Singaporean pop-rock bands like
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      • 1656 5 (l£v HYUNDAI ffh HYUNDAI ffti HYUNDAI Wftk HYUNDAI llff FOR SALE Uftf FOR SALE fc|P FOR SALE FOR SALE |3|T4 Results of January 2005 '-)< L^rJ* 2nd Open Bidding Exercise For COE LcaisJ Buy It. Sell It. Find It. COE price Quota Bids Cars (1600 CC and below) Taxi $19,501
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      • 1405 7 P^i SERVICING/ f^\ SERVICING/ WORKSHOP l^f WORKSHOP Battery less 20% with trade m only applicable to walk m Ty re Stock Clearance Buy 3 get 1 FREE Whilst Stock Last Aircon Checking Top Up Gas @$15 Island wide services right to your doorstep. Call Michael *****310 Al £*j«/\rt One Stop
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      • 688 7 Hk 19-20 SERANGOON/ yy THOMSON B^ PTEAPTS-RENT D.19 GARDEN AT Bishan. 1206 sgft. 3+l rms. Full condo facilities. Pool facing. F/aircon. P/furn. Price neg. 9021-2191 SPRINGBLOOM 3+l High fir f/facil ities. F/furn. Next to Australian Int'l Sch. 9647-9755 PN NEAR MRT. RESERVOIR view. High fir. 4+1. 1550 sqft. Move-in cond.
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      • 787 7 ■fk DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ I TANGLIN/ HOLLAND Jy HOUSES -SALE r anqlin Hill always sought after, -ontemporary 2/storey detach 6,000/5,000 sq.ft. s+l rms. (Vooded serene. Beautiful landicaped. Sale with tenancy $16K :ornwall Gdns elevated ***** ;qft s/storey cottage Best piece or retirement home or rebuild :onservation Lovers!! This one is
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      • 175 7 £Bk DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ J TANGUN/ HOLLAND W HOUSES -SALE D.lO BEAUTIFUL NEW Bunqlw with pool. *****/ 9000 sqft. Large rms/ terr. Ouiet. Sam *****389 DALVEY 2-STOREY BUNGLW. 16,000/ 7000 sq.ft. s+l Pool $7.xxM. HARVEST *****035 OPEN HOUSE 2-SPM King's Road Nanyanq/mkt/3cars 4000/3000 sqft 4+l, Also Rent. 9431 6633 fff\
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      • 716 8 f^\ DO9-10 ORCHARD/ f^, DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ MM TANGLIN/ HOLLAND MM TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SALE PTE APTS -SALE Now Freehold Immed occupation HL»^- h J jfmriSr r^Br greenery view. gyj^ j^awMiiSOTVfc playground B m- i£WW*mtWßV*M r y y |Show flat open daily from 11am to 6pm D.lO CASA JERVOIS
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      • 258 10 |fe Dl9-20SERANG00N/ LiiJ THOMSON ■F HOUSES -SALE 5S j iL S/STOREY 30, Portchester Aye. 2956 sqft. Best Location $IM. S/Storey 64, Jin Gelengganq 2100 sqft. S72OK. *****349 GLASGOW RD. BRAND new' 4+l rm 3-storey terr with roof-top gdn. Panoramic view. Water feature pond. View by appt. 9848-3030 \k» fVii-i 1-6PM
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      • 661 10 ■k Dl9-20SERANGO0N/ yy THOMSON 9? HOUSES -SALE wn House F'HOLD. TAI HWAN Cres inter terr 1700/ 2200 sqft. MRT. $928K! f Mci Hwan Cres 3600/ 2700 sqft. i Well renovated. 51.68 M! *****112 I OPEN HSE 1-SPM I Chartlton. I Brand new fhold semid terr. < s+l. 3500 sqft. Quality
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